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unprogressive

Meaning of "unprogressive" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF UNPROGRESSIVE

ˌʌnprəˈɡrɛsɪv


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNPROGRESSIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unprogressive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNPROGRESSIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unprogressive in the English dictionary

The definition of unprogressive in the dictionary is not progressive, old-fashioned, conservative.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNPROGRESSIVE

aggressive · antiprogressive · compressive · depressive · digressive · expressive · immunosuppressive · impressive · ingressive · introgressive · nonprogressive · oppressive · overaggressive · progressive · regressive · repressive · retrogressive · suppressive · transgressive · unaggressive

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNPROGRESSIVE

unprofessionally · unprofitability · unprofitable · unprofitableness · unprofitably · unprofited · unprofiting · UNPROFOR · unprogrammable · unprogrammed · unprogressively · unprohibited · unprojected · unprolific · unpromised · unpromising · unpromisingly · unprompted · unpronounceable · unpronounced

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNPROGRESSIVE

adessive · antitussive · comprehensive · concussive · dismissive · emissive · essive · excessive · inessive · massive · obsessive · passive · passive-aggressive · percussive · permissive · possessive · recessive · submissive · successive · supermassive · unimpressive

Synonyms and antonyms of unprogressive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unprogressive» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF UNPROGRESSIVE

Find out the translation of unprogressive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of unprogressive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unprogressive» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

顽固
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

poco progresista
570 millions of speakers
en

English

unprogressive
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

unprogressive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

unprogressive
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

unprogressive
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

não progride
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

প্রগতিবিরোধী
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

rétrograde
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Tidak progresif
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

unprogressive
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

unprogressive
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

unprogressive
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Unprogressive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

unprogressive
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

unprogressive
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अनुचित
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

ilerlemeyen
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

unprogressive
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

unprogressive
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

unprogressive
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

unprogressive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οπισθοδρομικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

unprogressive
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unprogressive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unprogressive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unprogressive

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNPROGRESSIVE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unprogressive

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNPROGRESSIVE»

Discover the use of unprogressive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unprogressive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Chinua Achebe: A Biography
Philosophy, says the Holy Devil, is unprogressive because our knowledge (I suppose he means his knowledge) is inadequate. This, to my mind, is the height of absurd reasoning. A lecture does not become 'unprogressive' because a devil in ...
Ezenwa-Ohaeto, 1997
2
Webster's New World Thesaurus: Third Edition
Ant. WASTE, misuse, destruction. conservative a. conserving, preserving, unchanging, unchangeable, stable, constant, steady, traditional, reactionary, conventional, moderate, unprogressive, firm, obstinate, inflexible, opposed to change, ...
Charlton Laird, 2003
3
Essays in Development Economics: Wealth and poverty
In this instance, though, they leave behind a residue of unprogressive services. Consider then, the example of Luciano Pavarotti. When the gramophone was invented, there was in fact a tremendously sharp technical change in the service  ...
Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Gene M. Grossman, 1985
4
Frank H. Knight in Iowa City, 1919-1928
UNPROGRESSIVE. COMPETITIVE. SYSTEM. An economic order in its simplest terms consists of certain contracting individuals as members, owning given quantities of certain productive resources, which they sell at certain prices to ...
Ross B. Emmett, 2011
5
Theism: being the Baird Lecture of 1876
Ihave, indeed, heard men say—I have heard even teachersof theology say—that the knowledge ofGod is unlike all other knowledge, inbeing unchanging and unprogressive. To meit seemsthat ofall knowledge the knowledgeofGod is,or ...
Robert Flint, 2014
6
Historical Encyclopedia of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
These theories, being erroneous, were naturally sterile and unprogressive; as they could not progress, they deteriorated, and as they blocked the stream of thought, they gathered around them all the superstitions which it carried." * * * " The ...
Ari Ben-Menahem, 2009
7
Import Competition and Response
6.2.1 The Relaxation of Immigration Quotas as a Policy Response Option As comparative advantage shifts against these unprogressive industries, pressuring them toward a (relative or absolute) contraction of their output, it might appear that ...
Jagdish Bhagwati, 1982
8
Derek Jarman's Angelic Conversations
Time has become stalled and unprogressive, exemplified by the older ladies in the squalid bingo parlor who carry on with their game in spite of the destruction around them. This unprogressive time is mirrored on one level in the film's largely  ...
Jim Ellis, 2009
9
Delphi Complete Works of G. K. Chesterton (Illustrated)
That hasalways beenthe cry of the individual with the unprogressive mind. Itseems tome that until Doomsday there willalwaysbethe type ofmanwho will cry ' Women have gone farenough';butno one canstop the tide of evolution, andwomen ...
G. K. Chesterton, 2013
10
Alex Posey: Creek Poet, Journalist, and Humorist
And he asked, "Can the people who have produced such men as McIntosh and Boudinot, who have entertained presidents and been the admiration of statesmen, be an unprogressive people? Can the people who have books and periodicals ...
Daniel F. Littlefield, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNPROGRESSIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unprogressive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Tekken X Street Fighter News: Fans still left hanging as Harada …
Seemingly unprogressive and stagnant, Harada clarified further on that from their end, the polygon models, moves, and systems have already been sorted out, ... «Venture Capital Post, Jul 15»
2
Local celebrities defend Sauti Sol amidst loss and critism
“No matter what some unprogressive and unpatriotic Kenyan reporter may say, @Sautisol we are proud of you for representing us on the continental platform. «SDE Entertainment News, Jul 15»
3
Erase our past
The existence of the Paul Kruger's National Parks, Jan Van Riebeck roads, Cecil John Rhodes statues (in public spaces) and many other unprogressive ... «News24, Jul 15»
4
Closer Look: Is Hong Kong Becoming Marginalized?
This mostly comes from mainlanders declaring that the city's economy is doddering and unprogressive, and that from both an entrepreneurial and infrastructure ... «Caixin Media, Jul 15»
5
Malawi's DPP will always be 'Undemocrcatic and Unprogressive'
The DNA of the ruling DPP will never change, irrespective of which name of Mutharika is at its helm. DPP. They are a party whose biological make up is that of ... «Nyasa Times, Jun 15»
6
Martin O'Malley, Presidential Candidate, Sounds Like an Old-School …
The notion that progressive must mean returning to governmental formulas that represented advances 50 or 75 years ago is inherently unprogressive. Younger ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jun 15»
7
True Africanness includes everyone
It is backward and unprogressive to look at and define Africans as a homogeneous group. In a post-Mandela, post-apartheid and non-racial society, this ... «Independent Online, May 15»
8
Is London's 'diversity' to blame for its 'unprogressive' views on …
I have been most interested in recent posts here by Alex Massie and Matthew Parris. Here is a poll which might interest them both. YouGov recently carried out a ... «Spectator.co.uk, Mar 15»
9
Unite-the-left pot starts to boil in Alberta, whether progressive parties …
... right and are sick to death of the unprogressive Progressive Conservatives are going to push their preferred parties in the direction of co-operation anyway. «rabble.ca, Mar 15»
10
2015: Auspicious era for change in mindset
From the context of the foregoing scripture, it is not out of place to say that if any Nigerian politician says that he has never exhibited unprogressive mindset ... «News24 Nigeria, Jan 15»
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